Fate In Julius Caesar Research Paper

During the play, it is explicitly shown that his goal and duty is to serve the people of Rome and to do what is best for them. Brutus is constantly putting the good of Rome before his own interests. In Act II, Scene I, we see his struggle between killing one of his closest friends and looking out for the people. Ultimately, he decides to stay true to his cause and kill Caesar and says, “And therefore think him as a serpent’s egg, Which, hatched, would, as his kind, grow mischievous, And kill him in the shell,” (2.1.33-36). Brutus loves Caesar, but he recognizes that he could grow corrupt with power and stray away from reason, so he decides to kill Caesar before he can hurt Rome. Later, Brutus goes on to say, “If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more,” (3.2.21-24). His duty to protect the people overrules his duty to his friend, and he constantly makes decisions to support what he thinks is best for the people. It is this honourable quality that helps show that Brutus the protagonist in Julius

In William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, two interesting forces, fate and free will, are shown competing for prominence over the other. Fate was exemplified in the many prophecies and omens the characters viewed throughout the play. Free will was the characters abilities to overcome and defeat their fate. Many characters have struggles with the power of their free will overcoming their fate, namely Caesar, Cassius, and Brutus. Although in the end all three of those characters succumb to their fate, Shakespeare shows that there is a delicate equilibrium between the two forces.

Brutus was very naive and got influenced by Cassius very easily. Cassius was very smart and manipulated Brutus to make him agree with him. Cassius said, “If I were Brutus now, and he were Cassius, He should not humour me.” (Shakespeare, p.13). Brutus believed that his friend, Caesar had a negative impact on Rome decided to join the conspiracy to assassinate Caesar. Even though Caesar was his friend, Brutus always showed loyalty towards Rome. Brutus' tragic flaw is that he is not good at figuring out other’s intentions, and trusted Cassius. If Brutus never listened to Cassius in the first place, he would not have joined the conspiracy, and might not have had a tragic end.

He states that Brutus is just as noble and worthy as Caesar. (Act 1, scene ii). He says that Brutus cannot see what everyone else does and recognize his worthiness. Cassius and the other senators do not want Caesar to be king because they would lose all their power. Cassius is slowly luring Brutus in to do his dirty work. He builds Brutus’s confidence up to make him thing that killing Caesar is the right thing to do. Cassius is basically playing with Brutus’s head because he knows Brutus will listen. So, Brutus joins the conspirators in killing Caesar. Cassius tells Brutus that it is for the good of Rome, and that he is saving them from a dictatorship. Cassius is going for Brutus’s weakest point, his care and concern for Rome. He knows that if Brutus believes the people distrust Caesar, then he will be convinced that Caesar must be thwarted. Brutus knew that if Caesar was crowned, he would never have a chance, and he was power hungry. This is what ultimately leads to the tragedy of Julius Caesar. After Brutus kills Caesar off, he starts to feel guilty for killing his friend, thus creating an internal conflict. Brutus was so confident that the plan would go exactly as planned that he fell apart when they encountered problems. If Brutus and the other conspirators had taken more time to think things through, they probably would have been more prepared for the situation that was handed to them.

Brutus is truly “an honorable man.” He was initially resistant to Cassius’ suggestion to betray Caesar. Also, Brutus says, “not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.”(3.2.22) This proves that he only does what he feels is necessary to protect the Rome. In act 4, Brutus sees the ghost of Caesar, and this tells us that he is regretting his actions. He never felt right about killing Caesar afterwards. In fact, when he realized that he was wrong, he used the knife that he stabbed Caesar to take his own

He compares Caesar to a serpent in an egg which he must kill before it hatches. Brutus knows that Caesar is gaining too much power too quickly and it must come to an end. He shows his belief in a republic government by saying, “We all stand up against the spirit of Caesar / And in the spirit of men there is no blood" (II.i. 180-181). Cassius is a character who is jealous of Caesar’s power and also wants it to end. He forms a group of conspirators who are against Julius Caesar. He persuades Brutus to help him and the other conspirators to kill Caesar during the ides of March. Brutus joins but only due to his love for Rome and its people. He proves this by saying "Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius." (II.i. 179). This also proves his love for Caesar because he wants to kill him with some sort of honor. Brutus wants the citizens to look at him not as a murderer but for someone who cares for his country. He expresses his ideas toward the stabbing by saying , “If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer-not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more" (III, ii, 17-19).

Brutus’ main reason for killing Caesar was for the safety of Rome and the people. For example, in III.ii.21-24 Brutus says, “Not that i loved Caesar less, but that i loved Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?” Brutus killed Caesar to protect the people and would rather

Brutus is kills Caesar for what he says to save Rome. This is true on his part because everyone knew Caesar to make impulsive decisions that could harm Rome and very much cause the downfall of it. He killed Caesar to prevent this. Many say that he is a betrayer but I purely believe that he is is a patriot. Throughout the play he already has contraversal thoughts but decides on his

Loyalty defined means truthfulness to one's families, nation, principles, etc. What should anyone do when these loyalties battle with one another? One would have to pick. A choice that can create or breakdown a gentleman, which I consider broke numerous males in the play Julius Caesar.

	Julius Caesar vacillates, or changes, his mind throughout the play and this downfall is shown to be one of Caesar’s hamartias. On the day Caesar is to go to the Capitol, he changes his decisions frequently. Caesar defies the warnings of Calpurnia and the priests and Caesar says that she, Caesar, shall go forth to the Capitol this day. "Caesar. Caesar shall forth. The things that threatened me Ne’er looked but on my back. When they shall see The face of Caesar, they are vanished." Through this quotation, it seems Caesar has made his mind to go forth to the Capitol. Calpurnia, though, is able to persuade him to stay home and send word that he is sick. Caesar replies, "Caesar. Mark Antony shall say I am not well, And for thy humour I will stay at home."(2,2,55-56) Decius then flatters Caesar and is able to persuade him that Calpurnia’s nightmare is misinterpreted and that he

Being that Antony wanted all conspirators killed, Brutus took the initiative to kill his self so every person that was still alive could walk away with Antony. Again, Brutus was doing something good for his country, specifically the people. He never wanted to intentionally hurt anyone or cause any pain to anyone. However, when killing his self he betrayed Cassius because they had an agreement to not commit suicide if defeated. Cassius and Brutus’s plan was to fight for their life if defeated because dying would mean surrendering and would appear weak. Each person Brutus loved was dead, including Caesar and he felt as though he let everyone down therefore, he killed himself for that reason only. Betray Cassius is not reasonable because if anything Cassius betrayed Brutus when he sent the fake letters and deceived Brutus into killing his dearest friend. Brutus did not kill his self because he felt guilty or didn’t want to fight anymore; everyone was dead and felt as if there wasn’t a reason for him living anymore. Having a kind heart and willing to always do what’s in favor of everyone else is something did well through the

Though it can be argued whether or not omens can prevent the inevitable, in Julius Caesar, the power, though often ignored, and the roles that the omens play are so important in the outcome of the characters themselves and, therefore, the outcome of the play. Omens in Julius Caesar, and especially the refusal to listen to them, are so much of what makes the play a tragedy. From advice for Caesar to "beware the Ides of March," to abnormal weather, and the odd and somewhat frightening dreams, Julius Caser is full of vastly different omens.

All things considered, Brutus made the right decision to join the conspirators against Caesar. Throughout his speech Brutus gives valid points and explanations for why Caesar must never become king. The fate of the Roman Empire can not rest in the hands of Caesar alone, therefore Brutus and the other Conspirators plan to be sure of that. They confirm that Caesar will never get a chance to be king by killing him. Brutus Provides adequate information on the assassination of Julius Caesar, and as to why it is the right thing for him to

Julius Caesar, a great work by William Shakespeare, has many themes within the play. A theme that is recurring in Julius Caesar is that one’s fate can be changed by one’s free will in life. Life and fate are a big part of how the characters live in Julius Caesar. Cassius makes a statement about men having free will and control of their fate and or destiny, although Caesar says that Life, Fate and Destiny are all already predetermined. Free will has been known to get very many people in trouble in history. One may think that it is their free will to go do something unlawful and that right to entitlement got them in trouble because of their free will. Your fate may not be the best, but the your free will can change your fate from good to bad with one decision.

Fate is something that happens unexpectedly, without any control of it, while free will is your own ability to act on something. In julius Caesar there were many different occurrences where fate took the side of someone/something. There were also many occurrences where free will was the reason of something/someone. Some things like when somebody in the play kills another person, that is what you would call free will, because fate doesn't make you kill someone, but your own free will does. In the story Of julius caesar there was many times where free will took the side of someone, like in the play where julius caesar got killed. Julius caesar's life reflected on allot of things for one he was a special person, He also did allot of things for other things to be involved in the other people. Many many people looked up to Julius caesar, in many different ways, Julius caesar did many different things to help out people. In the Third act of julius Caesar, he is murdered. He was murdered by the two noblemen which were Cassius, Brutus, and the conspirators. Brutus blainanly respected julius caesar personally, but he plots against julius caesar to preserve the republic. The other conspirators Act out in envy and rivalry, while only Brutus believes that caesar's death will benefit Rome. Cassius one that helped kill Julius Caesar did it because he believed that Julius Caesar had gained too much power and needed to be killed.